Yao Lan

Xiao Xiao glanced at the youngest, shrugged, and was just about to put his phone back on the table when, "Bzzzz~"

It rang again.

Xiao Xiao raised the hand he'd just lowered.

The same number.

He swiped his finger across the screen. "Hello."

"Xiao Xiao, Master Xiao?"

A low female voice, slightly hoarse and tinged with coldness, came through the phone.

It didn't sound like she came in peace.

Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow and said nothing.

He was waiting for her to continue.

Clearly, she wasn't waiting for Xiao Xiao to answer, either.

The next second, she introduced herself.

"I'm Yao Hua's older sister, Yao Lan."

"What can I do for you?"

She was straightforward, so Xiao Xiao saw no reason to beat around the bush.

He asked directly what she wanted.

But what did Yao Hua's older sister want with him?

Her tone didn't sound as if she was calling to thank him for saving her younger brother.

It sounded more like she'd come to settle a score.

Although he had no intention of using his favor to demand anything in return—the one who had truly saved Yao Hua was Bo, after all.

Still, to everyone else, he was the one who had saved Yao Hua.

So why did it sound as if, in Yao Hua's older sister's eyes, he was the one who'd hurt him?

"Master Xiao, are you free right now?"

"I'll send a car to pick you up."

"Let's meet and talk."

"See you soon."

Looking at his phone after the call ended, Xiao Xiao couldn't help questioning his own memory.

He didn't think he'd said he was free, nor had he agreed to meet Yao Hua's older sister.

Had her question about whether he was